Confidence Resume

Confidence is a very complex topic. It's one of the most common things that I work with athletes and soldiers to improve upon, and one of my favorite activities is what I'm going to show you today to help grow and develop that confidence. There are several sources of confidence, such as your personal experiences, what others have told you in self talk, and this activity, known as the Confidence Resume, incorporates all those different sources and more. And plus, it's very similar to what you all have probably already done when when you fill out a job Resume Think about a job resume.

What do you put on there? You put on your relevant experience, any accomplishments or awards, your skills, your references from other people. Completing a confidence resume is taking those similar categories and applying them to help build your confidence. There's plenty of worksheets out there with this to fill out if you simply just Google confidence resume, but I'll give you a few of my favorite prompts that I've pulled from these different versions. First, to lay the groundwork, get specific with which domain of life you want to get more confident in.

Could be I want to be more confident leader at work, or I want to get more comfortable and competent with having difficult conversations with people. Whatever it is, you're going to pull that information from your past experiences within that domain. Now let's get into the exciting part, which is the actual questions within the confidence resume. I have four for you today, but there's plenty more you can get to. Number one, what are your top strengths in this domain? For example, if I'm working with an athlete, I'll ask them for their top strengths specific to their sport, and they might put work ethic, ability to bounce back from mistakes, their ability to build relationships with teammates, shifting from what do I need to improve to what am I already good at?

The second question, which is one of my favorites, is what praise, words of wisdom, positive feedback, or compliments have others given you in this domain? Think back to what others have praised you for, whether it be from friends, family members, your coworkers, managers, et cetera. What have you been told about you that gives you confidence? Number three, what personal successes or accomplishments have you had that you're most proud of? Past successes can be the biggest source of confidence as a whole, and these can be something like a big promotion or something like accomplishing a goal that scared you at first.

Number four, which is the last one I have for you at least today. What about your training or work ethic? Could you say that gives you confidence? This is a powerful one because effort and work ethic are always within our control, and having something within our control gives us confidence. Think of this one as a brief self hype statement that provides a confidence regarding your work ethic. I wanted to share this with you all on Cadre because the confidence resume is one of the coolest things, one of the most enjoyable things that the athletes I work with complete, and they get a lot of benefits from it.

I've had athletes posted on their locker room before games or practices, and I've also had athletes put it on a note card form and put it in their desk at home. No matter how you do it, no matter which version you use, these questions and this overall concept of a confidence resume get your mind primed with the positive attributes that you bring to the table.